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(a)of a motor vehicle, trailer or motorcycle in respect of which the registration fee
has been paid for a full registration year; or

(b)of a commercial vehicle or trailer in respect of which an installment of the
registration fee has been paid for part of a registration year,

shall be a serially numbered sticker issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles for that
registration year or part of a registration year.

2A serially numbered sticker issued for a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle shall be affixed
to and displayed in the centre at the bottom of the number plate.

Section 2 replaced: O.I.C. 2011-268, N.S. Reg. 237/2011.

2AA serially numbered sticker issued for any vehicle referred to in clause 1(a) or 1(b), other
than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, shall be affixed to and displayed on the upper
left-hand or right-hand embossed corner of the number plate, as directed by the
Department.

Section 2A added: O.I.C. 2011-268, N.S. Reg. 237/2011.

3On payment of the prescribed registration fee or installment of the registration fee for a
registration year or part of a registration year, the registered owner shall be issued with one
sticker for each number plate issued in respect of the vehicle.

4Despite anything in these regulations, a receipt issued by the Department for payment for a
registration year is proof of registration for 10 days from the date the receipt was issued,
and a serially numbered sticker is not required to be displayed during that 10-day period.

Section 4 replaced: O.I.C. 2011-268, N.S. Reg. 237/2011.

Registrar's Order made pursuant to Section 2 on December 12, 1990, in Halifax, Nova
Scotia

Pursuant to Section 2 of the regulations respecting means of identification and proof of
registration of vehicles pursuant to Section 38(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act, and, pursuant to
Section 5 of the Regulations respecting Motor-Driven Cycles [made] pursuant to Section 10 of
the Motor Vehicle Act, I hereby prescribe that stickers shall be affixed to and displayed on
number plates in the following manner:

For the registration year 1992

Stickers for motorcycles and motor-driven cycles to be affixed to and displayed approximately
centre at the bottom of the number plate. Stickers for all other vehicles shall be affixed to and
displayed on the upper left-hand embossed corner of the number plate.

For the Registration year 1993

Stickers for all vehicles except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles to be affixed to and
displayed on the upper right-hand embossed corner of the number plate.

Dated at Halifax, in the County of Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia, this 12th day of
December, 1990.